Pencil-sharpener.



Patented Sept. ll, I900.

C. F. KLETT.

PENCIL SHARPENER.

(Application filed Jan. 25, 1900.)

(No Model.)

THE Noam: PETERS co. VHOTOLFI'HD, WASHINGTON. a. c.

UNi'rnD STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN F. KLETT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ANDREWV H. ANGLE, OF SAME PLACE.

PENClL-SHARPEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 657,780, dated September 11, 1900.

Application filed January 25, 1900. Serial No. 2,748. (No model.)

To aZZ whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN F. KLETT, a citizen of the United States, residingin the city and county of Philadelphia-,State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pencil- Sharpeners, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of an improved construction of a pencil-sharpener, the same embodying a sheath which is adapted to be carried upon the end of the pencil or to be readily removed therefrom and having recessed or cut-out portions therein, a wall or terminal of said recess being provided with aknife or cutting edge, while the opposite portion of said recess is provided with a resilient inwardly-deflected tongue or tongues whereby the sharpening of the pencil is facilitated.

It further consists of novel details of construction, all as will be hereinafter set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a pencil-sharpener embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a section on line 5000, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a bottom plan View of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 representsa perspective view showing the sharpener in use.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a pencil-sharpener, the same consisting of the body portion or sheath B, which has the oppositely-located recesses or cut-out portions 0 and D, one end of said sheath being adapted for the reception of an eraser E.

F designates the cutting edge orknife of the sharpener, which may be located at or near the terminal of one of said recesses, while located oppositely thereto are the resilient inwardly-deflected tongue or tongues G, the same being in the present instance divided, as indicated at H, whereby the resiliency of the same is increased and a guide is formed for the pencil-point during the act of sharpening.

The operation of sharpening the pencil will be readily understood from Fig. 4, it being seen that the sharpener is drawn in a direcand without soiling the fingers of the user.

When the device is not in use as a sharpener, the same can be placed upon the end of a pencil or the eraser E, used in the usual manner.

It will be apparent that changes. may be made by those skilled in the art which will come within the scope of my invention, and I do not, therefore, desire to be limited in every instance to the exact construction herein show-n and described.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Apencil-sharpener,consisting ofasheath having opposite recesses therein, a knife located on one wall of one of said recesses, and supporting devices therein for the pencilpoint during the act of sharpening.

2. A pencil-sharpener consisting ofa sheath having oppositely-located recesses therein, a knife or cutting device located at one terminal of one of said recesses and an inwardlydeflected resilient tongue, or tongues located opposite said knife.

8. Apencil-sharpener consisting of asheath, recesses of different lengths oppositely located therein, a knife located at the terminal of one of said recesses, and an inwardly-deflected resilient tongue or tongues located opposite said knife.

4. A pencil-sharpener consisting of a sheath having recesses therein, a knife located on one wall of one of said recesses and a guide for the pencil-point during the act of sharpening.

CHRISTIAN F. KLETT.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERsHEIM, WM. OANER WIEDERSHEIM. 

